Right to vote. We look back at how the Suffrage Movement evolved, but we start with Kamala Harris. How important is gender in your 2020 vote . You can join the conversation. Atne lines are open 202 7488001 for republicans. Four our8002 democrats. Ur text line is 202 7488003 twittercan find us at and facebook. Passing of thehe president s younger brother. Trump was 71 years old. He tried to stop the publication of a tell all book by nice, mary. They had different personalities. Donald trump once described his younger brother as quieter and more easygoing. The only guy whom i ever called, honey. The president said, it is with a heavy heart i share my wonderful brother, robert, peacefully passed away tonight. He was not just my brother, he was my best friend. He will be greatly missed, but we will meet again. His memory will live on in my heart forever. Robert, i love you. Rest in peace. Let us turn to the front page of about howngton post senator harris evolved to woo the black activists
Here are their speeches. When nominated, Geraldine Ferraro was representing queens, new york, for three terms as a member of the u. S. House. Earlier, as a Public School teacher she took night classes , at the university to earn a law degree and later work as an assistant district attorney. She went on to lose two primary races for the u. S. Senate and was the u. S. Ambassador to the un human rights commission. Geraldine ferraro accepted the Vice President ial nomination in san francisco. [applause] [cheering] [applause] [cheering] [applause] [applause] ladies and gentlemen of the convention [cheering] [applause] ladies and gentlemen of the convention, ladies and gentlemen of the convention, my name is Geraldine Ferraro. [cheering] [applause] i stand before you to proclaim tonight america is a land where dreams can come true for all of us. [applause] [cheering] as i stand before the American People and think of the honor this Great Convention has bestowed upon me, i recall the words of
Jersey senator cory booker. This is chris from the dnc war room. Today, we will be talking about the trump chaos presidency in light of and with a focus on crisis formy in american families. With us today, we had governor gretchen whitmer, senator cory booker, and biden for president Deputy Communications director bill russo. A reminder to please raise your hand if you had a question, we will be doing that after we will have time for a few questions. If you come up with a question, please raise your hand. I will kick it to bill. Thanks. The American People did not need the darkness boat dystopian vision for our country on display last night at the Republican National convention. We are living through the reality because of Donald Trumps failures as president. We learned a lot about how Council Culture will ruin your life but little about how Donald Trumps mismanagement of the covid19 crisis might ended as it tragically has for most 180,000 americans. We heard about a great economy dona
In washington, d. C. , earning her logic refrom the hastings law school, was the District Attorney in San Francisco and law on to earning her degree from hastings law school. She announced her candidacy for president back in january 2019 in oakland, california. She withdrew from the race in december of last year. Joining us from los angeles is an l. A. Times political reporter , and in philadelphia, covering politics for politico, holly otterbein. And i want to begin with you, holly otterbein. I wonder if you could walk us through the process of what led to her selection. Sure. A debaten during between biden and sanders. Biden broke the news that he was going to choose a woman as his Vice President ial nominee. That kind of kicked everything little while, a later, in april, he announced his Vice President ial search committee, which included four people, including former senator chris dodd, who has been a longtime friend and ally to biden. He took an important and powerful role in that
Career in entertainment and became president of the screen actors guild. Ronald reagan ended his can his acceptance speech in detroit with a moment of silent prayer. Thank you very much. [applause] thank you very much. [applause] thank you. Chanting] [cheering] thank you. [applause] you are singing our song. [applause] [indiscernible] to find cell for the first time in a long time in a movie on prime time. [applause] isthis, as you can imagine, the second big , mr. Vice president , mye, this convention fellow citizens of this great nation, with a deep awareness of the responsibility inferred by your justice, i accept your nomination for the presidency of the United States. [applause] our thanks to the people of detroit and michigan. [applause] and i thank you for your wholehearted response to my recommendations with regard to george bush, the candidate for Vice President. [applause] of our partyud tonight. This convention has shown to all of america, a party united with positive progra